gibby
Omg, reality hits harder and harder. Maybe guys are more brave to just take hold of their own situation and start ordering RX's off the internet....is this what it comes to? I am not so brave.
OK, so I went back to my gyno this morning....she again checked me for yeast. I have been on antifungals daily for at least 6 weeks now, if not more...and diflocan daily for 2 weeks. Saw yeast 2 weeks ago, and still saw it today. Can you believe that the RX's are NOT working?????? OMG, so she (under advice with infectious disease doc) wants to start doing biopsys which is ok, but before doing that, do one last culture to see if this stuff cultures...She saw it on the smear, a lot. But agian, it won't grow on a culture. If it comes back negative, I have to STOP all antifungals for 1 week, then try to culture again so we can identify the strain. She says we then will have to do biopsys to see if it's in the tissues......duh, of course it is!!!! Then start Vfend. I told her that Dr. CRandell says its a drug of last resort and I'd like to do combo therapy 1st. She didn't say anything. She and Dr. Crandell will talk by phone on thursday. But now she's kind of annoyed that even thought I'm paying for the call, she is not getting paid for her time. So I guess I'll have to throw some $$ her way for taking the time. Maybe Dr. Crandell can talk to her about combining another class of antifungal. She thinks that I already have combined by using the lotions/creams/inserts, but I told her, no, 2 oral kinds as well. She doesn't understand and doesn't know.
OMG, it hit home so bad when body language from her, she said, "I gotta be honest with you, your wayyyyyyy out of my league"...I really felt so bad. This whole thing is so pathetic. I can't believe that I have something that is basically incurable. No, I don't have cancer, but as far as feeling hopeless, its hard not to be.